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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 22:39:13
I have & will have all the following prehipherals & they each have thier own plug.Quadra 840av(ok I know its not a prehipheral but it has a plug) Compaq 140 monitor Modem Umax Astra 1220s scanner Printer CDR(external)(not sure if it will have a plug but I expect so) I may be using a second monitor a possible 7 plugs I am hoping for suggestions on how to keep these tidy or could I merge the plugs? ie:- My speakers have a through plug/socket. shaktiman Quadra 840 av
84meg ram(awiating the other 64meg)
1.2 gig drive
500 meg drive
os 8.1 Edited by - shaktiman on 07 Jul 2002 12:58:35 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2002 : 06:08:31
There's no way to keep cables tidy except to install custom power point and cables. It's a fact of nature.
Oh, at my desk I have 2 printers, 3 computers, 2 lamps, a scanner, a N64, and 5 recharging transformers.  ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2002 : 07:05:36
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I have & will have all the following prehipherals & they each have thier own plug.a possible 7 plugs
I guess you mean power cords? the best thing I've found was the simple way my work desk was organised - have them all leave the desk in the same place (say, behind the monitor) either in a loop behind the desk, or through a hole in the desk itself... (a big hole - 3" diameter or so) then, use a run - just a few u-shaped pieces of aluminium or plastic etc, to loosely hold the cables up UNDER the desk, to run the cords along to a power strip at the side, and accessible from the side. My workdesk mostly had PC stuff on it - but dang the cabling was nice! It kept all the mess at the peripheral end and at the power end, with the rest staying nice n tidy :D dana (my home desk is shocking, however... *grin*)
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thelip
Full Member
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2002 : 09:33:33
knots, lots and lots of knots. It gives me something to fix on a rainy day. But on a more serious note, i suggest those cables.... i've totally lost the word i was looking for, but it plugs into the back of the quadra and into your monitor. for a while, i had my comp plugged into the wall, then 2 external drives and a monitor all off that one power cable from the comp. It was entertaining to hear it all power up at once.  _______________________
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2002 : 10:18:23
Cables always seem to be quite a bit longer than they need to be. To remedy this, I take one of the twist-ties that come with garbage bags and use it to put part of the cable into a loop, making it shorter.The cable thelip is talking about uses the power out jack on the back of the 840av's power supply to power the monitor and/or other peripherals. Some SCSI drive enclosures also have a power out connector. With one of these cables, you can turn on your whole SCSI chain with one switch. Be careful, though; you can only run a certain amount of watts through a power supply. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2002 : 13:05:02
Well it's all good practical advice.Thanks to thelip who was succint. Now I need the name of that power out cable. Thankies to all. shaktiman Quadra 840 av
84meg ram(awiating the other 64meg)
1.2 gig drive
500 meg drive
os 8.1 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2002 : 13:44:43
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Now I need the name of that power out cable.
http://www.cablesonline.net/12montocompo.htmli think he's talking about the one like the one above with the connector to go straight into a standard power in connector if your monitor has one instead of a hardwired plug, that's what the one above is intended to fix. there is no pic of the standard type on this site. these are just generally useful along with computer power cable extensions. http://www.cablesonline.net/1footacpowca.html
http://www.cablesonline.net/1footpowex.html
jt  .
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 07 Jul 2002 13:51:59 |
shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 02:33:17
Fantastic links,Thanks to Trash who is my all time hero! shaktiman Quadra 840 av
84meg ram(awiating the other 64meg)
1.2 gig drive
500 meg drive
os 8.1 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 02:57:57
quote:
Be careful, though; you can only run a certain amount of watts through a power supply.
Most IEC mains output should be straight thru from the mains input, and thus should be the same as if you plugged it into an outlet. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 06:41:50
I'm talking about something like this, where all the peripherals are plugged into one drive.
|-----------| |------| |-------| |---------|
|External HD|-|CD-ROM|-|Scanner|-|CD Burner|
|-----------| |------| |-------| |---------|
You can end up running too many watts through the External HD. At least that's what my Rodime Systems hard drive manual says. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 07:23:56
quote:
I'm talking about something like this, where all the peripherals are plugged into one drive.
|-----------| |------| |-------| |---------|
|External HD|-|CD-ROM|-|Scanner|-|CD Burner|
|-----------| |------| |-------| |---------|
in that case, they're worried about either the amperage rating on the switch or the wire leads they used in the box for the switched passthru.on a switched power supply on a computer the limitations would be the same kind of thing or for a relay if that's how they implemented the switching. i think ~coxy was saying the load on the passthru doesn't stress the power supply circuitry or use any of its rated power output, which is true. what the warning in your manual means is that it's not safe to assume that a switched passthru is always designed to handle the full output of a 15 or 20 amp AC line. most power strips aren't either, for that matter, that's why many of them are set to trip at 10 amps, the mfrs assume something else is plugged into the other half of a duplex outlet. jt ™.
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thelip
Full Member
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 07:41:13
Yeah, the cable trash linked was what i was thinking of. They are really nice to have around. They help make things a little more organized. What's also sort of nice, is that you can plug that cable into a normal power cable to make it longer. What's succint? _______________________
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950 division
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Prehipherals&thierplugs
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